In the spacious and shabby living room, Ariel sat quietly on the floor, looking at Adil in front of her. Ariel had an expression of extreme fear on her face, and her eyes were filled with intense uneasiness.
She has lived in this high-rise building for four to five months.
It was okay at the beginning. Although this place is located on the edge of the danger zone, it is still relatively safe, and it is also close to the villages in the past. It is convenient to enter them to search for some things.
But in the past month, she often felt like something was staring at her. Even one night, she vaguely saw a woman's face with half of her face rotten, staring at her with vicious eyes.
All this had reached its peak recently, and several times, she could even feel that the woman was standing beside her bed, staring at her quietly all night.
All of this made her deeply frightened, so when she heard Adier's words, her heart suddenly became cold.
Standing next to the old wooden table, feeling Ariel's gaze, Adil did not turn around, but just said: "You can rest assured for the time being, that thing will not appear again for at least a month."
What he said was not a lie to her.
The remnants of this building are not too strong. Even if it only hurts an ordinary person, the other person needs to stay in this building for a long time to be infected by the atmosphere here.
The reason why the scene happened last night was because Ariel had stayed in this building for too long and had met the conditions, so that scene happened.
If Adil hadn't been there, Ariel would have definitely died last night, and there wouldn't have been any accidents.
After last night, the weird force field that remains here has been affected by Adier, and it is unlikely that it will recover within a month or two, and it is unlikely to continue to appear.
Of course, if the girl in front of me does not leave here during this period, then she will definitely not be able to escape the word death in the end.
"A month?"
Listening to Adier's words, Ariel shivered violently.
She looked at Adier blankly and opened her mouth slightly, obviously wanting to say something else.
But in front of her, Adier no longer gave her a chance.
He didn't look at the girl in front of him, but silently opened the door to the living room with a gentle force on his hand.
With a creak, the door in front of him opened.
Adil looked calm and walked out with a sword on his waist, obviously preparing to leave.
When we walked outside the gate, the cool air rushed in from outside.
Standing there, Adil turned slightly and looked at the land a few meters away from the gate.
I saw a few rough white hairs there, and I don't know when they appeared. There was a unique smell on them. I don't know what was left behind.
This was left by the creature last night. It walked directly in front of the gate and left a few traces.
Through the monitoring of the chip and looking at the vague traces around him, Adier looked calm and walked silently into the distance.
Behind her, Ariel looked at Adil's leaving figure and quietly stood up from where he was. A face covered with horrible blood clots stared blankly at Adil's back, not knowing what he was thinking.
Time passes slowly.
After a while, her eyes became firm, and she quickly ran to her room, took out a small bag from under the bed, rushed out, and quickly ran behind Adil.
Noticing the panting figure behind him, Adil turned his face slightly to one side and just glanced at it without paying much attention.
A few hours later, under the strange look in Ariel's eyes, Adil once again walked to a familiar place.
This is the village from before. Everything around it seems to have not changed at all. It looks old and shabby, with a strange atmosphere.
When he arrived here, Adil took out a map from the package he carried with him.
The yellowish map looks very worn. It has detailed topography of this area and two obvious circles.
A few years ago, when Adil first came to this world, he rescued a noble named Alal and obtained this map from him.
There are two obvious circles on the map, one of which is this village, and the other is obviously where Alal was.
Coming to this world again, this map is just right for use.
Looking at the map quietly, Adil also fell into deep thought, thinking about his next destination.
At this time, his main purpose is to obtain the resources of this world, especially those crystal nuclei born in the strange world, so that he can meet the standards for promotion to an official wizard as soon as possible.
To achieve this goal, the biggest difficulty for Adier is to find those strange places.
After all, for him, an outsider, the situation in this world is completely unknown. It would definitely not be efficient to search for those strange places alone.
Thinking of this and looking at the dangerous areas marked with red lines on the map and the directions marked on them, Adil quickly made a decision.
"Go all the way in the direction marked on the map. If possible, it's best to go to those dangerous areas to try out."
Having made a decision in his heart, Adil put away the map and walked towards the side road.
Beside him, Ariel was wearing a dirty gray robe and holding a big bag in her hand. She consciously followed Adil's footsteps.
After walking a long distance, until it was almost night, Adil stopped at a place, ready to have a good rest.
They found a cave. In the cold cave, Ariel skillfully set up a match and lit a fire with flint.
"Sir, would you like some?"
After lighting the fire, Ariel breathed a sigh of relief, and then took out a few pieces of white plant roots from the bag on the side, which seemed to have been washed very clean.
He glanced at Ariel quietly and looked at what the other person handed over. Adil looked calm and took it casually.
"The test is completed, there is no toxicity..." The sound of the chip machinery sounded in my mind.
Listening to the beep of the chip, Adil took a bite.
A dry and astringent taste comes from the mouth, with a thin sweetness.
At night, Ariel curled up in a corner, wrapped her gray robe tightly around her body, and managed to fall asleep.
It was already very cold in the cave. Because she was in a hurry to catch up with Adil, she didn't bring too many things with her. At this time, she could only wrap herself in the clothes and endure the cold and sleep on the ground.
There are noisy sounds coming from the outside world, which makes people feel a little depressed in this environment.
Listening to the sounds outside, Adil quietly stood up and walked out.
As soon as I walked out of the cave, I saw a figure over three meters tall.
It was a monster with three legs, densely covered with gray hair, and a ferocious wolf head. It was slowly crawling towards the cave. It seemed that it had sensed the aura of strangers inside.
After seeing Adil, it roared and came back towards Adil, drawing a black shadow under the moonlight.
However, when it rushed in front of Adil, it suddenly flew backwards, and a dent appeared on its chest, with a little blood appearing on it.
At the next moment, a silver light began to emerge.
Adil stepped on the monster's chest, and drops of blood slowly remained on the black sword in his right hand.
Under him, the monster's life breath had completely disappeared, and he killed it directly with a sword.
"The influence of unknown energy is detected, and the subject's physical fitness begins to improve." At this moment, the voice of the chip machine in his mind sounded again.
Listening to the mechanical prompts in his mind and looking at his increasing physical attributes, Adil's eyes showed joy: "It really works."
Through the detection of the chip, he clearly saw the growth of his body data. In addition to the increase in physical attributes, even his mental power had a slight increase.
This immediately made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Adil was originally worried that this unknown power would only strengthen his body and would not affect his mental strength, but now he can feel relieved.
"Since the power gained from killing these monsters can increase my mental power, then that kind of crystal core should be able to do the same."
Standing there, looking at the scenery below, this thought flashed through Adil's mind.
Although Adil doesn't know what the unique power of this world is, he can record the exact nature of this power through the chip.
Through the detection of the chip, Adil understood that the power obtained from killing strange creatures and the crystal core obtained after destroying the strange creatures were actually the same in nature, but the only difference was the size of the power.
Therefore, since the power obtained from killing strange creatures can increase mental power, then the power contained in the crystal core can naturally also be used.
For Adele, this is undoubtedly good news.
Gently putting away the long sword in his hand, Adil turned and looked around.
With the half-elf's good eyesight, he could still see clearly even in the dark night and under the thin moonlight.
In the wilderness outside the cave, as darkness fell, some creatures began to become active, constantly moving around and making various sounds.
But despite this, the number of mutated creatures among them is not that large, and there are very few that can compare with the one at Adil's feet. There is no terrifying number as imagined.
But looking at this scene, Adil was a little disappointed: "It seems that even in this world, there are not many mutant monsters with strength comparable to knights."
Compared with the large amount of energy contained in the crystal core, the power obtained by killing mutated monsters in this way is extremely low. For Adil's level, it would be cost-effective to kill at least knight-level ones.
However, in the wilderness, although there are many mutated monsters, they are very rare to this extent.